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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Out of Processes
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 19:58:57 -0700
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Florida Boy wrote:
]
] FreeBSD 2.1.release
] 16 MB of physical RAM
] 128 MB of swamp
^^^^^
] 1 GB drive
]
] After about 32-40 processes, my machine claims "no more processes"
] for each user. I've adjusted maxusers in the kernel conf file to
] 64, so I thought I had circumvented this. Any suggestions or
] helpful hints where else to look?
Maybe it's "swamp"ed. 8-).
More likely, you are exceeding your maxproc limit. In csh, type:
limit maxproc unlimited
This will set it to 179 per user.
If you need more, you will need to set an options line and rebuild
your kernel (see /sys/i386/conf/LINT for details).
In general, this limit is intentional to keep a runaway fork
from sucking the machine down (a historical "crash" for UNIX
systems).
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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